Unemployment rate: Sweden
8.694% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.694 |
| 2024 | 8.4 |
| 2023 | 7.611 |
| 2022 | 7.417 |
| 2021 | 8.803 |
| 2020 | 8.291 |
| 2019 | 6.833 |
| 2018 | 6.365 |
| 2017 | 6.718 |
| 2016 | 6.99 |
| 2015 | 7.432 |
| 2014 | 7.954 |
| 2013 | 8.052 |
| 2012 | 7.976 |
| 2011 | 7.804 |
| 2010 | 8.61 |
| 2009 | 8.351 |
| 2008 | 6.235 |
| 2007 | 6.161 |
| 2006 | 7.066 |
| 2005 | 7.81 |
| 2004 | 6.693 |
| 2003 | 5.555 |
| 2002 | 4.965 |
| 2001 | 4.73 |
| 2000 | 5.466 |
| 1999 | 7.607 |
| 1998 | 8.941 |
| 1997 | 10.359 |
| 1996 | 9.547 |
| 1995 | 8.897 |
| 1994 | 9.58 |
| 1993 | 9.33 |
| 1992 | 5.722 |
| 1991 | 3.243 |